A composition commissioned for the CBC by Montreal-based composer Nicole Lizée has won a place among the world's best new music at the International Rostrum of Composers.

The International Rostrum, a group representing radio broadcasters from around the world, meets annually to compare work from contemporary composers.

The CBC submitted Lizée's 2005 composition This Will Not Be Televised for consideration at this week's meeting of the rostrum in Dublin.

On Friday, it was named one of the top ten new compositions at the forum, which this year considered 51 scores.

The top selected work was Japanese composer Misato Michizuki's L'Heure Bleu, while Memoire du Vent, by Florent Motsch of France was chosen best work by a composer under age 30.

Lizée, a Winnipeg-born musician now living in Montreal, created This Will Not Be Televised for seven turntables and a chamber orchestra.

It incorporates a sine wave recording and a chorus of nuns, drawn from The Sound of Music, with unique vocals from rockers, including David Lee Roth's shrill overtones and selections from Duran Duran, the Wu-Tang Clan and Nana Mouskouri.

The turntable sounds are accompanied by two violins, a viola, violoncello, bass and percussion section.

Lizée, who has arranged works for the Montreal group the Besnard Lakes, has used turntables in previous works, including RPM and King Kong and Fay Wray.

She has received commissions from l'Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Ensemble Kore, Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, Bradyworks Ensemble, Brigitte Poulin and Continuum.

Lizée has twice been named a finalist in the Jules-Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, most recently in 2007 for This Will Not Be Televised.

National radio networks from 30 countries submit works composed within the last five years to the forum, which gives broadcasters a chance to hear new music from emerging artists.